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Resistors Combination – Numerical Problem
What is the effective resistance between P and Q in the diagram?
Asked Malik Ahmed
Answer : 8 ohms
The Two arms have resistances 32 ohm and are in parallel, Their effective resistance is 1 ohms. This is in parallel with the middle arm. So the effective resistance is 8 ohms.
OR
The three arms have resistances 32, 1 and 32 respectively and are in parallel. Therefore, taking their reciprocals and adding will give the answer.
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An idea shared by Eddie on speed of light barrier
If 24 lights in a series around a circle are wired so that each one switches on as soon as it “sees” the one next to it go on, and switches off as soon as it “sees” the one next to it go off, will the pattern of lights revolve around the circle at a speed close to the speed of light?
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A Question from Current Electricity
Pratham asked:
The resistances of 2 bulbs are in the ratio 1:2.if they are joined in series,find the ratio of the energy consumed by the 2 bulbs?
Answer:
When connected in series, the same current flows through each of the resistors. Therefore, the energy dissipated is directly proportional to their resistances. That is, the ratio of energy dissipated will nbe same as the ratio of resistances. (1:2)
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A numerical problem on Drift velocity
Two conducting wires X and Y of same diameter but different materials are joined in series across a battery . if the number density of electrons in X is twice that in Y . Find the ratio of drift velocity of electrons in the two wires.
(Adithya Singh asked this)
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you are given two nichrome wire of same length and different thickness Which wire will get heated first Give reason.?
You are given two nichrome wire of same length and different thickness Which wire will get heated first Give reason.? Asked Merlin Mary Mathew
Answer:
If the wires are connected one by one to a source, (or connected in parallel to the same source) the one having less resistance (Greater thickness) will get heated up first. This is because, for constant voltage, Heat dissipated is inversely proportional to resistance.
If both are connected in series to a power supply, the one with less thickness will get heated up as same current is flowing through both and then heat generated is directly proportional to resistance.
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Alternating Current circuits
John Abraham Asks:
“a circuit has a battery of emf E and internal resistance r.two inductors of inductance L1 and L2 are connected in series to the battery but parallel to each other.what is the current through each inductor in steady state?”
Answer: A pure inductor does not offer any reactance to pure dc. Therefore the only resistance in circuit is the internal resistance. But since the two inductors are in parallel, current through each of them is half the total current in circuit, = E/2r
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